Gandiva bow
E106417
The Gandiva bow is the legendary celestial weapon of the hero Arjuna in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for its immense power and divine origin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gandiva bow canonical | 2 |
| Gāṇḍīva | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902912 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gandiva bow Context triple: [Arjuna, weapon, Gandiva bow]
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A.
Crossbow
Crossbow is a type of ranged weapon that uses a horizontal bow mounted on a stock to shoot projectiles called bolts or quarrels.
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B.
Gungnir
Gungnir is the legendary spear of the god Odin in Norse mythology, renowned for its unerring accuracy and powerful enchantments.
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C.
Sudarshana Chakra
Sudarshana Chakra is a legendary spinning disc-like divine weapon in Hindu mythology, most famously associated with the god Vishnu and used to destroy evil.
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D.
Chain Sword
Chain Sword is a retractable, chain-linked blade weapon used by the Jaeger Gipsy Danger in the Pacific Rim universe for close-quarters combat against kaiju.
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E.
Cleave
Cleave is a given name variant of Clive, used as an alternative personal name or spelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gandiva bow Target entity description: The Gandiva bow is the legendary celestial weapon of the hero Arjuna in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for its immense power and divine origin.
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A.
Crossbow
Crossbow is a type of ranged weapon that uses a horizontal bow mounted on a stock to shoot projectiles called bolts or quarrels.
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B.
Gungnir
Gungnir is the legendary spear of the god Odin in Norse mythology, renowned for its unerring accuracy and powerful enchantments.
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C.
Sudarshana Chakra
Sudarshana Chakra is a legendary spinning disc-like divine weapon in Hindu mythology, most famously associated with the god Vishnu and used to destroy evil.
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D.
Chain Sword
Chain Sword is a retractable, chain-linked blade weapon used by the Jaeger Gipsy Danger in the Pacific Rim universe for close-quarters combat against kaiju.
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E.
Cleave
Cleave is a given name variant of Clive, used as an alternative personal name or spelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
celestial bow
ⓘ
divine weapon ⓘ mythological object ⓘ weapon in the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mahabharata ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Agni
ⓘ
Brahma ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arjuna
ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ |
| category |
Hindu legendary weapons
ⓘ
Mythological bows ⓘ |
| createdBy | Brahma ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
emblem of Arjuna’s identity as an archer
ⓘ
important motif in Hindu epic literature ⓘ |
| etymologyRelatedTo | Sanskrit root "gand" ⓘ |
| givenBy | Agni ⓘ |
| givenTo | Arjuna ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gandiva bow
ⓘ
surface form:
Gāṇḍīva
|
| hasDivineOrigin | true ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
immense power
ⓘ
inexhaustible quivers ⓘ radiant brilliance ⓘ terrifying twang ⓘ unbreakable ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| laterReturnedTo | Varuna ⓘ |
| mediatedBy | Krishna ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Arjuna threatens to kill anyone who asks him to give up Gandiva
ⓘ
Arjuna vows not to fight without Gandiva ⓘ |
| notableOpponentStruck |
Bhishma
ⓘ
Jayadratha ⓘ Karna ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Kaurava warriors ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Hindu mythology ⓘ |
| previouslyPossessedBy |
Brahma
ⓘ
Purusha ⓘ
surface form:
Prajapati
Soma ⓘ Varuna ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| scripturalTradition | Itihasa ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
dharma
ⓘ
divine favor ⓘ martial prowess ⓘ |
| usedBy | Arjuna ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kurukshetra War
ⓘ
burning of the Khandava forest ⓘ |
| wieldedBy |
Arjuna
ⓘ
surface form:
Pandava prince Arjuna
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gandiva bow Description of subject: The Gandiva bow is the legendary celestial weapon of the hero Arjuna in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for its immense power and divine origin.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gandiva
this entity surface form:
Gāṇḍīva